[awarner]

Nice review and good looking pictures, also nice first post

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[rilot]

awarner [MVP], on Sep 11 2005, 22:24, said:

Nice review and good looking pictures, also nice first post
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Been a long time lurker.

First time I've ever had anything worth while to post.

[pupton]

Excellent review....

Do you know if this device will support Smartner?

[rhaleuk]

Really great review, thanks. It just makes me want one even more! This is by far my most anticipated phone ever. Hurry up Orange!!!

[Gundy]

I think I'm off down to Tottenham Court Road to see if I can get a look at one of these things. May even end up coming back with one

Thanks for the review

[efjay]

Hi, can you answer this re activesync; does it start itself periodically? On the BA running WM5 it does that. Also even though it has a lid you can close is there any sort of screen lock for when you use it with the screen facing out? Thanks

[drj]

Couple of questions....regarding the bluetooth stack.

1. Does it support voice dialing over the bluetooth headset?
2. Does it support the A2DP Stereo headphone profile (for use with the HP bluetooth headphones?)

Was hoping that with WM 5 that the microsoft stack would contain these profiles.

THANKS!!!

[rilot]

drj, on Sep 12 2005, 14:30, said:

1.  Does it support voice dialing over the bluetooth headset?
2.  Does it support the A2DP Stereo headphone profile (for use with the HP bluetooth headphones?)
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1. It does. It has an app built in for this task. A press of the BT headset button sets it going.
2. Not that I can see. I am actually most dissappointed with the BT stack on the phone. The MS stack is rubbish, clunky to use, lacks functionality and just sucks basically.

efjay, on Sep 12 2005, 14:19, said:

Hi, can you answer this re activesync; does it start itself periodically? On the BA running WM5 it does that. Also even though it has a lid you can close is there any sort of screen lock for when you use it with the screen facing out? Thanks
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AS4 seem to work just fine. Not noticed it starting up periodically.

There is a lock function accessable from settings that locks all buttons apart from the power button when the device is switched off (PDA part off, phone active).

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[efjay]

Thanks for the answers.

[BeyondtheTech]

Being a USA resident, I am sorely disappointed that this device does not have the GSM 850MHz band nor EDGE. The UMTS/WCDMA/3G capability is also totally useless for the US market since Cingular is the only one that has UMTS, but that's also on totally different band, since I'm told 2100MHz is used for the military (though it's been rumored to be up for bid around 2007?).

This device is clearly for the non-US market, so I'm ending up with an HTC Wizard by next week.

[Fredde87]

How is the battery time? I know you only tried it for 24 hours but how much of the battery did you wear out within that time?

[rilot]

Fredde87, on Sep 12 2005, 16:59, said:

How is the battery time? I know you only tried it for 24 hours but how much of the battery did you wear out within that time?
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Not brilliant but more than acceptable.

Today I was banging away with the 3G connection and browsing the web. After 2 hours I was down to 50%.

That sounds poor but bear in mind I was browsing almost continuously and running the 3G data connection at the same time which kills the battery almost as much as wifi.

I will report more about battery life after I've used the device for a week.

[ccsnet]

How would you feel this would work in a Carkit situation ? Ie can you swing the screen around have it on display along with a keypad should you wish to dial out ?

I voiced concerns about this over on the XDA Forum from the point of view the phone will have to be in wide screen mode to have a drop in charger in the car.

And the way I see it this will be used by execs so they will need it on charge while they chat away all day on their BT car kits..... sort of misses the target audience IMHO.

Terran

[buckinghamrd]

Thanx for the review - does the callers name appear on the Jabra BT-800 ( if its in the contacts) or just the number, I am sure I read somebody had the Sony-erricson one but only the number showed?

Thanx

Tim

[rilot]

buckinghamrd, on Sep 16 2005, 11:13, said:

Thanx for the review - does the callers name appear on the Jabra BT-800 ( if its in the contacts) or just the number, I am sure I read somebody had the Sony-erricson one but only the number showed?

Thanx

Tim
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Only the number. For some reason HTC devices only pass the number to hands free devices and not the contact name. Not sure why.

[buckinghamrd]

No name ID on the headset is a big negitive - especially if you are like me and you dont remeber numbers very well. I think I will cancel my order

[boyo69]

pupton, on Sep 12 2005, 11:46, said:

Excellent review....

Do you know if this device will support Smartner?
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just tried it on my nice new shiny jasjar

no luck......... hangs on installation........have put a support question into smartner

[efjay]

rilot quick question. Do you have any problem viewing html emails? On my BA running WM5 any html emails display a blank message body, only the header is kept. Was wondering if this is due to the beta WM5 im running or a general problem with html on WM5, thanks

[siksik6]

Any chance of some sample camera shots?

I know most people won't care, i'm just curious

ta

M

[mattandamyprince]

Hi , new to Modaco , and getting a Jasjar tomorrow morning.

Noticed on the screen it has the tomtom logo , i also use tomtom and was wondering if it works on the jasjar as i have had a few people saying it doesnt.

If it does is it the pocketpc version of tomtom.

If it does work , have you used it and is it reliable?

Many Thanks in advance

Matt

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